Spatial variability in oceanic redox structure 1.8 billion years ago
Spatial variability in oceanic redox structure 1.8 billion years ago
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The deposition of iron formations ceased about 1.84 billion years ago. Reconstructions of ocean chemistry suggest that the advent of euxinic conditions along ocean margins preferentially removed dissolved iron from the water column in the form of the mineral pyrite, inhibiting widespread iron-oxide mineral deposition.
The evolution of ocean chem...
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Spatial variability in oceanic redox structure 1.8 billion years ago
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1752-0894
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10.1038/ngeo889
